Breitling Emergency
Breitling “Emergency”
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Breitling “Emergency”, yellow
© Breitling
The Emergency is an expedition watch by Breitling, which was first introduced to the market in 1995. It is a watch with quartz movement, especially developed for adventurers and researchers. Via a built-in miniature transmitter it can establish contact with the outside world on the aviation emergency frequency 121.5 MHz. In flat terrain or at quiet sea a person can be located from a rescue plane, flying at 6,000 m, up to a distance of 167 km.
Thus in 2003 the two British pilots Steve Brooks and Hugh Quentin-Smith could be rescued after a crash of their helicopter in the Antarctic after activating their Breitling Emergency1). The world-famous American adventurer and millionaire Steve Fossett, in turn, also owned such a watch, but when he was lost at his flight on 3 September 2007, did not wear it at that time.
Movement:
- Quartz movement Breitling 76 (SuperQuartz), certified chronometer (current model)
Case:
- D 43 mm, H 15.7 mm
- Sapphire crystal with anti-glare treatment on both sides
- Scaled rotating bezel with compass specifications
- Waterproof to 3 atm
Dial:
- Dial with analog and digital indication in yellow, orange, black and blue
- Arabic numerals and luminous hands
Functions:
- Analog indication of hours, minutes
- Digital indication of seconds, date and day of the week
- Chronograph with a precision of 1/100 sec.
- Countdown function
- Dual time zone, alarm function
- Warning signal when battery exhausted
- Working temperature –10° to 85°C
- Transmitter on 121.5 MHz (international emergency frequeny) with power 30 mW max. 48 h
- Transmitter on 243 MHz (military frequency) with power 25 mW max. 24 h
- Energy supply of the transmitter 2 independant 3V lithium batteries
Bracelet:
- Diver Pro / metal bracelet
Literature
- Breitling. Die Geschichte einer großen Uhrenmarke. 1884 bis heute; Author Benno Richter; ISBN 3766711350
- Das ZEITGEFÜHL-Uhrenbuch; Author Gerd-Lothar Reschke; ISBN 3-938607-61-0